Labour must learn the right lessons from German rebalancing
After a brief hiatus, ‘levelling up’ is back. The larger-than-life front man has left the stage, but Michael…
Towns
Our towns matter. Covid cannot dent our ambition to transform them
The way we work and live has changed, and so has the way we use our town centres.…
John Denham: Going local. That’s how Labour wins key seats in England
The English Labour Network is going nationwide. We will ask how Labour can reach voters we struggled to…
Rachel Reeves: To win in Yorkshire and England, Labour needs a radical plan for the whole country
Before the general election, the outlook looked gloomy for Labour in Yorkshire. Seats like Wakefield, Dewsbury and Halifax…
Lisa Nandy: The key to reuniting our two Englands? Towns with power
Glance at a map and the pattern becomes clear. From Cambridge to Manchester, cities overwhelmingly voted Remain while…
Lisa Nandy: Boosting Britain’s towns could rebalance economy and put JC in No 10
A full four years before the EU referendum the academic Rob Ford coined the phrase “left behind” to…
The Sticks and the City
My brother, once he’d got himself set up with a room in a shared house near a tube…
